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Immigration May Be Hurting Our Country, But It’s Definitely Hurting Theirs

Immigration is one of the thorniest issues facing Americans today. All American should be involved in the decision concerning what is the best path both for our nation and for the millions, maybe even a billion, of individuals that want, often desperately, to be part of our nation. And why

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Rape Coverup Shows What Happens When Public Officials Value Themselves Over the Public

Have you ever noticed that so-called "privacy" laws often end up protecting the privacy of … the government? Case in point: A rape by a 17-year-old boy of a 14-year-old student at a public high school in Manchester, New Hampshire. It happened in 2015, so you'd think

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CEO Letter To Entitled Incoming College Kids: Get A Job

Dear Future Employees, Summer is here. School is done for the semester. You're thinking about beaches and bikinis…Instagram and rollercoasters.

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Want To Avoid Mountainous College Debt? Tuition Is (Almost) Irrelevant

Our first college visit was made in the spring of 2016, late in Abby's junior year of high school. The Lincoln Center campus of Fordham University beckoned, amidst the bustle of Manhattan, Broadway a block away. Abby's eyes widened with every step on campus, especially tours

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GE Executive’s Exit Shows Limits of Corporate Clout

The recent announcement that General Electric is replacing its CEO and chairman, Jeff Immelt, brought me back to a little-noticed moment at the end of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation's dinner last month honoring President Barack Obama with its "Profile in Courage Award." Following President

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From Russia With Love?

Let's cut thorough the Trump/Russia hysteria. Russia did not cost Hillary Clinton the election, and President Donald Trump is not accused of breaking the law with Russia. Confused about the Russia investigations? Here's a decoder.

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The Summer of Love: Hippie Culture’s Lasting Legacy

"All across the nation Such a strange vibration People in motion There's a whole generation With a new explanation People in motion People in motion" –"San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)," 1967

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Latin: No Longer a Joke *

Julius Caesar strolls into a Boston bar, gives the bartender a hard look and says, "Give me a martinus, straight up, three olives." The bartender is confused and says, "Sir, are you sure it's not a martini that you want?" Caesar looks him dead